RPM's Voice Box Session featuring Robin Lee Berry

Robin Lee Berry, will be the featured performer at Real People Media’s (RPM) next Voice Box Session on Friday, May 17 beginning at 7:00pm at the Charlevoix Circle of Arts, 109 Clinton Ave. 

Singer-songwriter Robin Lee Berry began her professional career in the folk clubs of East Lansing in the late 1970s.  She has released four independent CDs and has performed on stage with countless musicians, including Greg Brown, Seth & May, Garnet Rogers and many more. Listen to Coyote by Robin. 

“Robin was blessed with a great voice, and she uses it to share the convictions she holds deep in her heart… Berry is an amazingly talented performer who shape-shifts from folk to jazz, from ballads to blues but the underlying constant in all her music is the conviction in her voice showing us again that her heart is right where it should be…” Rob Dunne 

Voice Box Sessions is an open mic series.  Following our featured guest’s performance, we invite musicians, poets, public speakers and performance artists to grace the stage in this supportive space.  There are 5 open mic spots available. Doors open at 6:30pm.  Voice Box Sessions are videotaped and are shared on Charter’s Public Access Channel & the web.  Here's a flyer for the event.

Bergmann Center Begins Video Project

The Bergmann Center, RPM's newest nonprofit member recently started a project called, "Bergmann Buzz" a talk-show style program that celebrates and explores the activities of the Bergmann Center and the surrounding community.  In the first episode, below, host Eric Chonacki interviews Kim Brock about the upcoming Bergmann Center Auction on May 5.  Congratulations to the Bergmann Center Clients for producing their first show! They did a great job.

April's Voice Box Session

Featuring  East Side Drive

Friday, April 26, 2013

Charlevoix Circle of Arts

109 Clinton Ave, 

(One block from Bridge Street)

Charlevoix, Michigan 

6:30 Doors Open/Open Mic 

Sign-up

7-8pm East Side Drive

8-9pm Open Mic

Releasing their first CD of original songs in 2012, East Side Drive is one of Charlevoix’s newest Indie rock bands.  Led by singer/songwriter, Tristan Rudolph, the band creates tunes that are reminiscent of Weezer, Death Cab for Cutie, Green Day, and Biffy Clyro.  Band Members: Tristan Rudolph - lead guitar/rhythm guitar/ vocals, Zach Hankins-drums, Logan Echart - lead guitar/rhythm guitar/vocals, Sawyer Golovich-bass guitar.  Download a pdf of this event. 

Voice Box Sessions is an open mic series which begins with a featured musician or band.  Following the featured performer, RPM invites  musicians, poets, and performance artists of all ages and skill levels to grace the stage in this supportive space.  RPM videotapes each Voice Box Session to share with the community via Charter Cable and Sunrise Cable’s Public Access Channels. Excerpts of these Sessions will be posted on RPM’s youtube channel: RPMcommunityvideo. To see a list of scheduled Voice Box Sessions, click on the Voice Box Sessions tab at the top of this page.  

The Voice Box Sessions is a wonderful way to allow people to express themselves artistically in a public forum, and is another avenue for Real People Media to help Give Everyone a Voice.

 ~Rebecca Glotfelty, Executive Director

RPM invites musicians interested in being the featured performer to contact us via email.  Doors open and open mic sign-up begins at 6:30p.m.  There are 5 open mic spots.